flew to chicago thursday night. theodore took friday off work so we got to spend the day together. we went to wiener circle for lunch (which has the most amazing chicago-style hotdogs), we also checked out a cool aquarium store where he bought some live rock for his new saltwater tank, and watched american gangster (the new denzel washington, russel crowe flick - a really good solid drama).
that night began my twenty-four hour excursion into middle america. after his roommates got home from work, we all headed the two hours out to the small town of rocktonIL - on the illinois/wisconsin border - where brett and kari grew up. we went to the "town-y bars," which was fun, and spent the night at kari's house. saturday morning we drove out to brett's, which was out in farm land, had breakfast there, shot some rifles (i think) at some little gourds (i shot two from 30 yards!! my first time shooting too, hehe), spent the afternoon hiking through a patch of woods that his family owns, and even went to his grandparents' house for a bit. back at brett's later that night they set up a tent and built a bonfire where we sat around, had some beer, and cooked up some brats and turkey dogs. around 10p, theodore and i started back to chicago since i had an early flight sunday morning back to philadelphia. the rest of the guys stayed overnight to camp out.
fantastic weekend.
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